Concealed carry: Why the uproar? (Ohio)

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7. The local police have also said told me that pepper spray is not all that effective ...

against Pit Bulls. I've heard stories where dogs of different breeds have been hit multiple times with handgun rounds before they stopped their attack. Much depends on shot placement and it's hard to hit a dog that is running at you at full speed in a vital area.

I had a friend in high school who was attacked by a German Shepard and he used a pocket knife to slash the dog's throat. That was many years ago but I think he was bitten on his left wrist which he extended when the dog rushed him. He also was lucky to have been carrying a gravity knife as in those days most pocket knives required two hands to open.

I know that Pit Bulls are amazing tough animals. Once when I was visiting my daughter I walked outside and found their Pit Bull at the door. He had managed to escape the fenced in yard and had disappeared for a few hours, He was acting normally but I thought I seen blood on his stomach. On closer examination, he had an 8" gash in his stomach. My son in law had worked in an emergency ward and was able to shave the dogs belly and staple up the wound. While he did this the Pit merely laid on his back wagging his tail. He didn't seem to feel any pain.

We got some antibiotics and the dog healed up without any problem. We figure that he had an encounter with a wild boar and was fortunate that the tusks merely tore a deep hole in his skin without doing any damage to the internal organs.